Gong-bell



(No Model.)

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GONG BELL.

No. 248,206. 4 Patented Oct. 11,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATE GONCl-BELL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 248,206, dated October 11, 1881.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE B. OWEN, of Winsted, in the county of Litchfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain usei'ul Improvements in Gong-Bells, of which the fol-. lowing is a specification. 1

Figure 1 is a face view of my improvement. Fig.2 is a sectionalelevation of the same, taken through the line as m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional rear view of the same, taken through the line y 3 Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to facilitate the attachmentof gong-bells to clock-cases and other supports and give them alouder, clearer, and more musical tone.

The invention consists in a gong-bell constructed of the foot, the curved standard, the sounder, and the spiral gong; and, also, in the standard bent in its middle part into an arc of about three-quarters of a circle and havingits end parts bent inward to the central part of the circle, and then bent in opposite directions at right angles with the plane of the said cirole, whereby the gong can be brought close to the foot or base that supports it without havingits vibrations checked or its tone deadened, as will be hereinafter fully described.

A represents the foot or base of the bell, which consists of a small plate of metal having holes in its outer part to receive the screws by which it is fastened to the back of a clockcase or other support.

In the center of the footAis formed ascrewhole,into which is screwed the end of the standard B. The middle part of the standard B is bent into an arc of about three-fourths of a circle, and its end parts are then bent inward to aboutthe center of the circle of which the said are forms a part, and are then bent outward in opposite directions and atright angles with the planeof the said bent middle part, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. One end of the standard B is Application filed July 9, 1881. (No model.)

screwed into the foot A, as hereinbefore described, and its other end is screwed into a screw-hole in the center of the sounder C,

which is made in the form of a circular plate with an inwardly projecting flange around its edge, as shown in Fig. 2. The sounder C has a projecting hub at its center, in which the screw-hole is formed to give the said screwhole such a length as to receive the end of the standard B in its inner part, and in its outer part the screw D, that fastens the end of the gong E to the center of the said sounder C, as shown in Fig. 2.

The gong E is made in the form of a spirallycoiled, flat, or other shaped wire, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the coils being 'at such a distance apart that they will not touch each other when the said gong is struckby the bell- -hammer, which is operated by the clock-work in the ordinary manner.

With this construction the sounder 0 vibrates with the gong E and gives body and strength to the tone, and the curved standard B prevents the vibrations from being checked and deadened, and thus makes the tone finer and more musical.

The standard B can be cast, stamped, or formed in any other suitable manner.

Having thus described myinvention, I claim as new and desire to secure byLet-ters Patent- In a gong-bell, the standard B, bent in its middle part'into an arc of about three-quarters of a circle, and having its end parts bent inward to the central part of a circle, and then bent in opposite directions at right angles with the plane of the said circle, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the gong can be brought close to the foot or base that supports. it without having its vibrations checked orits tone deadened, as set forth.

GEO. B. OWEN.

Witnesses:

JAMES T. GRAHAM, O. SEDGWIGK.

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